I’m going to be brutally honest, I’ve never listened to Party Cannon until now. Send any hate mail to the circular filing cabinet; I’m not kidding, though. This is my first time listening to these guys from always sunny Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Do I like it? Yes, it is weird as fuck and extremely in-fucking-sane.

I totally blame my fellow scribes for my newfound love for Deathcore/Slam and all things BROOTLE. So naturally, when I hit play on Subjected to a Partying, I wasn’t too surprised to hear such spastic bursts of bile-gurgling vocals and squeals that would make a sow horny as fuck. I thought Gutalax’s vocals were crazy… Jesus fucking Christ!

“Parisian Bed Bug” comes lurching out of the barn like a crack-smoking Sasquatch; full of samples and enough knuckle-dragging riffs to shake a stick at. Plus, they sample David Vincent, so that’s pretty cool. Also, that’s a nasty snare sound, you’ve got there, Mr. Martin Gazur, this guy is a fucking beast behind the kit.

Track numero dos is the sexy as fuck “Thirst Trap”. It’s so nuts, and they probably had a blast recording this EP. “High Tariff Behavior “ has this otherworldly, badass riff slap dab in the middle of the goddamn song, and an absolutely ridiculous level of brutal shenanigans is being gotten up to here.

Final song (not really) is “Improper Use of a Speculum” it’s a no-holds-barred fist to the kidneys. I love this song… You know what else I love? Remixes. Yessir, you read that right. That’s because tracks 5-9 are remixes of the first four songs. Clever lads, very clever. The good news is that these remixes absolutely do not suck.

“Thirst Trap (Kmac2021 remix)” sounds like what would happen if you threw a Casio keyboard and a cat into a dryer. It’s unrelenting and Drum and Bass-y as fuck! Yeah, these are Techno remixes. Pick your jaw up off the floor when you’re listening to “Low IQ Behaviour (Frontier remix)” and lower your voice when you mention the “High Tariff Overture (Ritual remix)” because its ominous shadow will overpower you quicker than you can say vaporized weed.

Finally, there are two live tracks, “High Tariff Behaviour (Live in Glasgow 2025)” and “Human Slime (Live in Glasgow 2025)”. Maybe you were there, maybe you weren’t; so if you weren’t, then you know now what your friends that were there are talking about.

I’ll be checking into their back catalog, that’s for certain. Party Cannon and this splatter-ific EP called Subjected to a Partying have awakened a warm and fuzzy feeling at the base of my brain. I’m fine, really.

If you like this sort of thing, then you probably like Gutalax, Dead and Dripping, Sanguisugabogg, and Internal Bleeding. So, get off your ass, go to the bathroom, and order this one while taking a satisfying shit. Oh, and if I didn’t mention the ridiculously killer cover art, I should rip my eyes out for not doing so. Do yourself, your neighbors, and the world a favor by picking this up; you’ll be glad you did.

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